Report Gets It All Wrong

In a recent report published on their website, KPBS, (NPR and PBS station) entitled False confessions play a big role in wrongful convictions. One photographer's lens examines how they happen, the reporter includes a statement that “…. interrogators often practice the Reid Method, which he said focuses on completing a narrative that officers already believe, rather than finding the truth.

"That method is not focused on getting the truth. It's focused on getting the suspect to agree to the narrative the police officer already has in their head, and that's a very different thing than finding the truth,"….. " And so, if it's not about getting the truth, if that's not the ultimate goal, then we're going to have wrongful convictions.”

To the contrary, the Reid Technique protects against false confessions. In our Investigator Tip published on our website, we state the following as safeguards that all investigators should follow:

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